unité lexicale

\y.ni.te lɛk.si.kal\

/\y.ni.te lɛk.si.kal\/ noun

The verdict

“unité lexicale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de sens et de son figée dans une langue, comme un mot, un groupe de mots, ou un proverbe, y compris toutes les formes flexionnelles. Par exemple, jeune, jeune homme et les voyages forment la ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-unite-lexicale · unité lexicale · French

unité lexicale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for unité lexicale
PropertyValue
Headwordunité lexicale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\y.ni.te lɛk.si.kal\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « unité lexicale » en français

unité lexicalereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unité lexicale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.ni.te lɛk.si.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité de sens et de son figée dans une langue, comme un mot, un groupe de mots, ou un proverbe, y compris toutes les formes flexionnelles. Par exemple, jeune, jeune homme et les voyages forment la ...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for unité lexicale in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is unité lexicale, spelled U-N-I-T-É- -L-E-X-I-C-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de sens et de son figée dans une langue, comme un mot, un groupe de mots, ou un proverbe, y compris toutes les formes flexionnelles. Par exemple, jeune, jeune homme et les voyages forment la jeunesse sont des unités lexicales.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unité lexicale"?
"unité lexicale" is spelled U-N-I-T-É- -L-E-X-I-C-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \y.ni.te lɛk.si.kal\.
What does "unité lexicale" mean?
As a noun, "unité lexicale" means: Unité de sens et de son figée dans une langue, comme un mot, un groupe de mots, ou un proverbe, y compris toutes les formes flexionnelles. Par exemple, jeune, jeune homme et les voyages forment la ...
How do you pronounce "unité lexicale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unité lexicale" is \y.ni.te lɛk.si.kal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list